Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 vs Quadro K5200

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro K5200. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro K5200. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 here:

Main Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Quadro K5200
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro K5200 has 7 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is used in Laptops, and Quadro K5200 - in Desktops.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro K5200 - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 is 287 MHz higher, than Quadro K5200.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 and Quadro K5200 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K5200 is 996 MHz higher, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 21−24 60−65
medium / 1080p 12−14 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K5200 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 241% more, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book 940M GDDR5 Quadro K5200
Architecture Maxwell Kepler
Code name Surface Book GK110B
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 22 July 2014
Pipelines 384 2304
Core clock speed 954 MHz 667 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz 771 MHz
Transistor count 7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 148.0
Floating-point performance 3,553 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.3 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126
CUDA + 3.5
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 226 Mh/s
Optimus +
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